A recent review by Johns Hopkins orthopaedic surgeon Harpal Khanuja and colleagues found that it helps to give intravenous iron to patients who are very anemic, and in elective surgery cases, anemia should be treated before the patient has the procedure.

Johns Hopkins research shows the reverse shoulder implant enables strong fixation in patients with osteoarthritis and an intact rotator cuff. The approach has also been used for conditions such as rotator cuff tear arthropathy and immunologic arthritis.